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In late February 2022, Russia accused Ukraine of genocide against the people of the Russian-speaking Donbas region of eastern Ukraine – also a major industrial and mining center, with some of the largest coal reserves on the continent.

In a speech that month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to execute a "special military operation" in Ukraine, insisting he did not plan to occupy Ukraine, or go to war. "We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force," he said at the time. (At the same time, Russia's communications regulator ordered Russian media to remove reports calling Moscow's attack on Ukraine an "assault, invasion, or declaration of war," preferring terms like "peacekeeping" operation instead.)

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